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April 19, 1960 J. c. NEUBIG 2,932,869

GARMENT PIN Filed Aug. 23, 1957 3' INVENTOR 5-65 JOSEPH G. NEUB/G' BY-44; ATTORNEY aired States GARMENT PEN Joseph C. Neuhig, NorthMassapequa, NSY.

Application August 23, 1957, Serial No. 679,938

1% 'Ciaims. (ill. 24- 65) .end amply protects the fingers of the userboth during attachment and removal and while the pin is in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment pin which maybe ornamented Without detriment to its effectiveness as a strap holder.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereafter inthe detailed description, be particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims and be illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

LFigure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the intended use of apreferred embodiment of the garment pin of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view on an enlarged scale of the pin ofFigure 1;

' Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the pin of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along the lines 4-4 ofFigure 2; and

*Fi'gure 5 is an exploded view of an ornamented form of the pin.

Referring now in detail to the drawings in which like referencecharacters designate like parts, the. garment pin ofthe presentinvention is designed to be attached or applied to a garment forattaching an article and in the form of the illustrated embodiment, isparticularly designed for use as a shoulder strap pin and to be appliedto either shoulder of a coat, jacket or other shoulderedgarment,depending on the preference of the wearer. When in place, the pineffectively holds the shoulder strap of a pocketbook, camera or othershoulder-supported article against accidental or unwanted dislodgment,the common objection to the use of such articles. At the same time, thepin itself is readily attached or removed and, even more readily, isengaged with and disengaged from a shoulder strap.

Possessing the above characteristics, the shoulder strap pin or holderis comprised of an upper or body portion 1 t of substantially C-shapeand a lower or pin portion 2 fixed of secured to and depending from thebody portion, the body and pin portions together forming a member ofsubstantially S- or double-loop shape. Opening or facing toward the neckof the wearer, the body portion 1 serves' as a holder for the shoulderstrap, while the pin portion 2;"jfacing in the opposite direction,serves to attach the body portion to the shoulder of the garment towhich the shoulder strap pin is applied.

The pin or attaching portion 2 is formed of a pair of transverselyspaced pin elements 3 made of spring wire or like resilient material. Ifdesired, the entire pin may be of such spaced wire or double wireconstruction with the upper ends of integral extensions of the pinelements fixed or rigidly connected as at 4. However, while it isbelieved the better construction to connect the pin elements or theirintegral extensions at one end, in any case, it is preferred that thebody portion 1 be made at least in part of a relatively wide strip ofmaterial, which, depending upon its nature, may be pressed, cast, moldedor otherwise formed to shape. In such case, it is only.

necessary that the pin portion 2 constituting the bottom wireconstruction.

The disclosed embodiment is in between the above limits, with both thepin portion 2 and part of the body portion 1 of spaced double wireconstruction. In accordance with the disclosed construction, the pinelements 3, which are pointed at their free or inner ends "6, areconnected at their opposite ends by reverse bends 7 to intermediate legs8 forming the lower legs of the body portion 1. 'These intermediate legsin turn are connected at their opposite ends by reverse bends 9 torelatively short top or upper legs 10, the inner ends of which areconnected as at 4. As will be noted, the legs 5, 8 and 16 of the pin aresubstantialy flat and parallel when viewed fromthe side and, except forthe leg 10, are substantialy coterminous longitudinally. While the otherlegs are substantially straight, the transversely or laterally spacedpin elements 3 forming the bottom leg 5 are crimped, corrugated orsinuous with their convolutions 12 lying in the common horizontal planeof this leg and opposed so as together to exert a yieldable lateral ortransverse resistance to detachment of the pin from a fabric. 4

Through its somewhat flattened S- or double-loop shape, the pin presentsupper and lower oppositely open ing or facing slots or recesses 13 and14 closed at their inner ends by the returns 9 and 7, respectively, slot13 inwardly facing and within the portion 1 and the lower slot 14outwardly tween the pin portion 2 and the lower portion.

C-shaped body facing and besecured to the inner end portion 11 of theupper legs 12 of the integral extensions of the pin elements 3-. Themanner in which the upper end portion 11 is attached, secured or fixedto the plate member 15 will depend in part upon the material of whichthe plate member is'- made. Thus, if the plate member is of plastic, theupper end portion conveniently may be imbedded therein during molding,or, if the plate member is of metal, the

portion to clamp it thereto.

However made and secured to the pin elements 3-01" their body portionextensions, the plate member 15 ex tends in the direction of and coversthe upper leg 10 and has a part 16 overlying that leg and disposedsubstantialy parallel to the lower leg 5 of the pin. Defining with theconnected intermediate leg 8, the upper, in-

wardly facing slot 13, the plate member 15 preferably has an inner endportion 17 projecting inwardly beyond the intermediate leg and upturnedor up-sloping toward. its inner end to facilitate insertion of ashoulder strap.

into the slot.

Fixed to or integral with the plate member 15 is a downtumed flange or,in the illustrated embodiment,

Patented Apr. 19, 1960;

the upper leg 8 of the body" In the disclosed embodiment, the body por--tion. 1 includes a plate or body member 15 attached-or hood 18 whichdepends or projects downwardly from the outer end of the plate member orits intermediate part 16 toward the pointed ends 6 of the pin elements 3and thus the corresponding or pointed end of the lower or attachingportion 2, Here sloping downwardly and outwardly, the flange 18 partlyrestricts or closes the opening to the lower slot 14 and terminates orends above but closely adjacent the pointed end of the attachingportion. While sufficient not to interfere with pinning of the pin tothe shoulder of a garment, the spacing between the flange 18 and thepointed end of the attaching portion 2 is so little as effectively toprotect or guard the user from being injured by the pointed ends, eitherduring application or removal of the pin or while it is in place.

Although the plate member 15 may be made of a material which itself isattractive, such as a plated or even a precious metal, it generally willbe preferred to apply ornamentation to the plate member. This is readilyaccomplished in the manner shown in Figure by provid ing theintermediate part 16 of the plate member with a substantially flat upperface 19 to which may be aflixed a decorative cover or cap plate 20.Conveniently, the decorative cover plate 20 may be affixed to the platemember 15 by the provision in the latter of a pair of spacedperforations 21 through which the decorative plate may be riveted orsecured to the plate member as 'by rivets 22, this constructionespecially lending itself to interchange of cover plates to suit thepreference of the wearer.

Constructed in the above manner, the pin will be at- I 'tached to theshoulder of a garment with its pointed end 6 out, thus providing in theupper slot '13 an inwardly facing slot'or seat for a shoulder strap and,since pressed tighter into the fabric of the shoulder by an outwardforce, elfectively holding the shoulder strap against accidentaldislodgment. At the same time, the firm platform provided by thetransversely spaced pin elements 3 of the lower leg 5 will prevent thepin from wobbling laterally and the crimping of those legs, coupled withthe closed end of the lower slot 14, will restrain the pin againstlongitudinal shifting. It should be understood that the described anddisclosed embodiment is merely exemplary of the invention and that allmodifications are intended to be included which do not depart fromeither the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A catchless garment pin comprising a substantially G-shaped bodyportion having a slot facing in one direction, and a pair oftransversely spaced substantially coplanar corrugated pin elementssecured at an end to a lower leg of said body portion and spacedthcrebelow beyond said end, said pin elements defining with said lowerleg a slot facing oppositely from said first-named slpt and having theirfree ends exposed for engagement with a garment.

2 A catchless garment pin comprising a substantially CrShaPQd bodyportion having an article-receiving slot facing in one direction, and apair of transversely spaced spaced substantially coplanar pin elementssecured at their inner ends to a lower leg of said body portion andspaced thcrebelow beyond said ends and having their free ends printedand exposed, said pin elements being corrugated in the commo'n planethereof and defining with said lower leg a fabric-receiving slot facingoppositely from d firs -n lo v3 A catchless garment pin comprising asubstantially O-sha ped body portion having an article-receiving slotfacing in one direction, and a pair of transversely spaced substantiallycoplanar resilient pin elements secured at their inner ends to a lowerleg of said body portion and spaced thcrebelow beyond said ends andhaving-their free ends pointed and exposed, said pin elements beingcorrugated in the common plane thereof and defining with said'lower' lega fabric-receiving slot facing oppositely from said first-named slot.

A catshless u de trap P c m isi g a pa r of transversely spacedsubstantially coplanar corrugated pin elements pointed atv their outerends, a substantially G-shaped body portion, said body portion beingformed in part of transversely spaced extensions of said pin elementsand including a plate member secured to an upper end portion of saidextensions, said plate member defining with a lower leg of said bodyportion an inwardly corrugated pin elements secured at an end to a lowerleg of said body portion, and spaced therebelo'w beyond said end, saidpin elements having their free ends pointedand exposed and defining withsaid lowerileg a slot facing Op? positely from said first-named slot,and means connected to and depending from said body portion toward andterminating in spaced relation to the pointed ends of said pin elementsfor protecting a wearer from injury thereby without interfering withapplication and removal of said pin.

I 6. A catchlms shoulder strap pin comprising a sub: 7

stantially c-shaped body portion, said body portion including a platemember defining with a lower leg thereof an inwardly facingstrap-receiving slot, a pair of trans;

versely spaced substantially coplanar corrugated pin elee ments securedat their inner ends to said lower leg and extending therebelow in spacedrelation thereto beyond said ends, said pin elements having their outerends pointed and exposed and defining with said IQWer leg an outwardlyfacing fabric-receiving slot, and means integral with and slopingdownwardly and outwardly from said plate member toward and terminatingin spaced relation to the pointed ends of said pin elements forprotecting a wearer from injury thereby without interfering withapplication and removal of said pin.

7. A catchless shoulder strap pin comprising a sub stantially G-shapedbody portion, said :body portio including a plate member defining with alower leg thereof an inwardly facing stranreceiving slot, a pair voftransversely spaced substantially coplanar corrugated pin ele; mentssecured at their inner ends to said lower leg extending thcrebelow inspaced relation thereto beyond said ends, said pin elements having theircute; odds pointed and exposed and defining with said lower leg anoutwardly facing fabric-receiving slot, and heed me ts fixed to andsloping downwardly and outwardly an outer end of said plate membertoward and te rrninat: ing spaced from and closely adjacent to thepointed er ds of said pin elements for protecting a wearer from injurythereby without interfering with application and removal of said pin.

8. A catchless shoulder strap pin comprising a sub: stantially C-shapedbody portion, said body portion in,- cluding a plate member definingwith a lower leg there: of an inwardly facing strap-receiving slot, saidplate meme ber having a substantially flat upper face intermediate endsthereof, a decorative plate fixed to said upper face, a pair oftransversely spaced substantially coplanar corrugated pin elementssecured at their inner ends to said lower leg and extending therebelowin spaced relation thereto beyond said ends, said pin elements havingtheir outer ends pointed and exposed and defining with said lower leg anoutwardly facing fabric-receiving slot, and

means integral with and sloping downwardly and cute wardly from saidplate member toward and terminating in spaced relation to the pointedends 9f said pin ole; ments for protecting a wearer from injury therebyout interfering with application and removal of said pm.

9. A catchless shoulder strap pin comprising a substantially C-shapedbody portion having an inwardly facing strap-receiving slot, and a pairof transversely spaced substantially coplanar pin elements secured attheir inner ends to a lower leg of said body portion and spacedtherebelow beyond said ends and having their free ends pointed andexposed, said pin elements being oppositely corrugated in the commonplane thereof and defining with said lower leg an outwardly facingfabricreceiving slot.

10. A catchless shoulder strap pin comprising a substantially C-shapedbody portion having an inwardly facing slot, an upper leg of said bodyportion projecting inwardly beyond a lower leg thereof and having anupsloping inner end portion, and a pair of transversely spacedsubstantially coplanar corrugated pin elements se-- cured at an end tosaid lower leg and spaced therebelow beyond said end, said pin elementshaving their free ends pointed and exposed and defining with said lowerleg an outwardly facing slot.

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